Johnny Lodden
Johnny Lodden bets 600 on the turn with the board reading , and gets a call from his sole opponent in the hand. There is now 2,200 in the pot.
The river is the and Johnny bets 2,600, which prompts an instant all-in from his opponent, which in turn prompts an instant fold from the aggressive young Norwegian.
Andrej Nagy
...but Andrej Nagy of Slovakia is in every pot, so any chip-count that's more than two minutes old probably isn't very accurate.
At one point, he had over 40,000, then on my way back to the media room he was on 27,000 and trying to get a Norwegian player to fold a set of aces. Not surprisingly, he didn't succeed and showed eight-high.
If you remember the film "Ferris Bueller's Day Off," then you'll remember the song "Oh Yeah" by Swedish band Yello. This is the music played over the loudspeakers when the blinds go up at EPT Prague.
It was funny after the first two levels, but I'm sure we'll all be really sick of it by Day 1b if not sooner.
Meanwhile, PokerStars qualifier Eric Turner from the USA has eliminated Spaniard Ton De Lange with against on a king-high flop.
Also, Czech player Jifi Kulhanek flopped a big blind special, making a straight with in an unraised pot taking out German Frank Stumpf in an 8,000-chip pot.
Marty Smyth
Irish Open champion Marty Smyth got his shortish stack in on flop, and was called by . Marty's was in good shape, and no cruel turn or river saw him double up to 8,500.
Ludovic Lacay
Having lost half of his stack in small pots, Ludovic Lacay moved all in from the small blind on a board.
There was already 8,000 in the pot and Ludovic had 7,500 in front of him. The big blind was his opponent, and had him well-covered. He gave Ludovic a grilling, first asking if he wanted a call, then asking if he would show if he folded. In the end, Ludovic's opponent folded with the immortal words, "You have a monster or a bluff."
Ludovic showed the which in our books is definitely a bluff!
George McKeever
Irishman George McKeever had gotten low in chips and moved all in on the turn of a board, after betting half of his chips on the flop. He was called by a player with , and the fell on the river to make a straight which beat George's .
The official starting number was 241 as we had a few late registrations.
Rob Taylor has just taken a big hit and is down to 11,000 again.
"I figured the guy had nothing so I kept calling him down. On the river he went all in and I couldn't put him on a hand, so I called. He did have nothing, but he made a backdoor flush."
, and gets a call from his sole opponent in the hand. There is now 2,200 in the pot.
and Johnny bets 2,600, which prompts an instant all-in from his opponent, which in turn prompts an instant fold from the aggressive young Norwegian.
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on a king-high flop. 
in an unraised pot taking out German Frank Stumpf in an 8,000-chip pot.
was in good shape, and no cruel turn or river saw him double up to 8,500.
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which in our books is definitely a bluff!
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